Quotes About Simplicity

I would rather like my work to speak for itself.

I'm a plain speaker.

Generally speaking, everyone is more interesting doing nothing than doing anything.

For me, generally speaking, I don't like to make a big deal out of stuff.

Sometimes simple accessories are all you need when your dress speaks for itself.

In my opinion, that's one of the hardest things to do in songwriting: crafting a song that speaks to you but, at its core, is a simple concept.

A lot of people have said that I've got a voice that speaks to children. I think I've got a natural naivety to me. I'm childish.

Among the many problems with taking the Bible literally is it reduces the most mysterious and complex of realities to simple - even simplistic - terms. Yes, scripture speaks of fire and damnation and eternal bliss, but the Bible is the product of human hands and hearts, and much of the imagery is allegorical, not meteorological.

I enjoy playing football, and that's about it. I'm no-one special.

With guitar riffs, we always look for something that 's a little bit special. We've always found that it is harder to come up with something that's nice and simple without getting something that's hard but easy.

I think we all take the vada pav for granted, like we take the special people in our lives.

In this era of digital special effects, I think it's good to work with our hands and our hearts, to use water and clay, to dry it in the air from the sun. This brings you back to the element of life.

I think a lot of the time these days people are so concerned about having the right camera and the right film and the right lenses and all the special effects that go along with it, even the computer, that they're missing the key element.

Whenever I see pointless use of special effects, I reach for something else.

I'd like to act in a film without special effects.

I miss the simplicity of college, with specific due dates, a consistent schedule, and a solid routine.

I try to take large, general questions that are difficult to resolve and break them down into small, very specific questions that have clear answers.

Most of the time, I do my own hair. I have good hair, so I don't need much. I don't need a hairdresser to come unless I want something very specific.

I don't have the need to be the greatest of all-time anymore, 'cause I'm just a speck of the greatest energy to ever exist.

Not the spectacular things are the important things - the unspectacular things are the important things, especially in the future.

In a perfect world, I would never give another speech, address, talk, lecture or whatever as long as I live.

White people get nervous and speed things up. You don't have to be in a hurry because you ain't got nothing to gain and you ain't got nothin' to lose. And that's where the groove lies.

When you remove layers, simplicity and speed happen.

There's something about a holiday that isn't all about how much money you spend.